MARKUS SCHAFER The tenor Markus Schäfer studied singing and church music in Karlsruhe and Düsseldorf and was prizewinner in the Berlin Singing Competition and in the Milan Caruso Competition. In 1984/85 he worked with the Zurich Opera Studio, with a contract at the Zurich Opera in the latter year. From 1987 to 1993 he was a member of the Düsseldorf/Duisburg Opera of the Rhine, and since then has worked freelance, appearing in major opera houses and festivals in a wide repertoire, with oratorio and Lieder performances in Vienna, New York, Cologne, and Frankfurt, among other places, and participation in the Ansbach Bach Week and the Wallonia Festival. The recording of Dittersdorf’s oratorio Job, in which Markus Schäfer took the title rôle, was awarded the German Record Critics’ Prize, and that of Bach’s St Matthew Passion under Nicolaus Harnoncourt, in which he participated, was awarded a Grammy® as the best choral performance. He has given Lieder recitals and made recordings, and won particular success for the première of Mörike settings by Wolfgang Rihm at the Stuttgart Hugo Wolf Academy in 2004. His recordings include Lieder by Reger and Karg-Elert.
| Box Set Release |
Catalogue Number |
| 25th Anniversary Boxed Sets - Sacred Masterpieces |
Naxos 8.501062 |
| SCHUBERT Complete Lied Edition (international version) |
Naxos 8.503801 |
| BACH, J.S. / HOFFMANN / TELEMANN: Alto and Tenor Cantatas, BWV 35, 55, 160, 189 |
Naxos 8.557615 |
Vocal, Choral - Sacred
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| BACH, J.S.: Favourite Arias and Choruses (Muller-Bruhl) |
Naxos 8.572541 |
Vocal, Choral - Sacred
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| BACH, J.S.: Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde (Albrecht) |
Oehms Classics OC914 |
Orchestral, Choral - Secular
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| BACH, J.S.: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Brembeck) |
Naxos 8.550585-86 |
Choral - Sacred
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| BACH, J.S.: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Highlights) (Muller-Bruhl) |
Naxos 8.572973 |
Choral - Sacred
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| BACH, J.S.: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Muller-Bruhl) |
Naxos 8.557448-49 |
Choral - Sacred
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| BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion |
Naxos 8.557617-19 |
Choral - Sacred
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| BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion (Matthaus-Passion) |
Naxos 8.551240-42 |
Choral - Sacred
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| GREAT SACRED MASTERPIECES (10-CD Box Set) |
Naxos 8.501062 |
Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred
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| HAYDN, J.: Mondo della Luna (Il) (Theater an der Wien, 2009) (Blu-ray, HD) |
C Major 703604 |
Classical Concert
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| HAYDN, J.: Mondo della Luna (Il) (Theater an der Wien, 2009) (NTSC) |
C Major 703508 |
Classical Concert
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| MAHLER, G.: Lied von der Erde (Das) (arr. H. Albrecht for chamber orchestra) (Rubens, Morloc, Schafer, Eiche, Albrecht) |
Oehms Classics OC792 |
Vocal
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| ROLLE, J.H.: Thirza and her Sons [Opera] |
Capriccio C10868-69 |
Opera
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Lied Edition 25 - Romantic Poets, Vol. 2 |
Naxos 8.557831 |
Vocal
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Lied Edition 32 - Part Songs, Vol. 1 |
Naxos 8.570961 |
Vocal, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Lied Edition 33 - Part Songs, Vol. 2 |
Naxos 8.570962 |
Vocal, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Vocal Ensemble
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Lied Edition 34 - Part Songs, Vol. 3 |
Naxos 8.572110 |
Vocal Ensemble |
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